Printing apparatus.



PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

L. M. TODD. PRINTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1902.

SSHEBTS-SHEET 1.

W'ithesses 240.286

if WM Attorney No. 779,570. PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

L. M. TODD.

PRINTING APPARATUS.

APP LIGATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1902.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Witnesses 4 Inventor; flwwfi QMZ'a 'fi Attorney 170. 779,570. IPATENTED JAN. 10, 1 905. L. M. TODD.

PRINTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1902.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

X Inventor.

MMQAJW Witnesses- Attorney UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LIBANUS M. TODD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR TO G. V. TODD AND COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A FIRM.

PRINTING APPARATUS- SPECIIE ICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 779,570, dated January 10, 1905.

Application filed September 2, 1902. Serial N0.121,846.

[ (Lil whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LIBANUS M. Tom), of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing Apparatus; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompan yingd rawings, forming a part of. this specification, and

IQ to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide a device adapted to be employed in embossing or printing upon checks, drafts. or other negotiable instruments a limiting r5 amount above which such instrument is not good; and it consists in providing an apparatus so constructed that the operating parts thereof may be adjusted o give a wide range or. combination of characters, this being ac- 2o complished generally by employing a plurality ofseparate printing -wheels arranged for independent or simultaneous operation.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsin'construction and combinations of parts, all as will. be more fully described, the novel featuresbeing pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of acheck-protector constructed in'accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof shown with a portionof the casing broken away. Fig. 3isacross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the printing-Wheel, taken on the line 43 4* of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 5 5* of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view on'the line 6 6* of Fig. '5.

Similar referencemumerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

In appearance and operation my present device is similar to that shown in my prior application, Serial No. 119,216, and it embodies generally the casing or support 1, provided with a narrow slit or aperture 2, adapted to receive a check or draft, above which are journaled printing-wheels to be more fully described hereinafter. These wheels are pro- ,bearing in the casing and also having a revided upon their faces with suitable printing characters, with which cooperates aplaten 3, mounted upon the movable arms at and adapted to be operated toward the printing-wheels by means of a lever 5, journaled upon a shaft or arbor 6. The means for operating the lever consists of an operating-handle 7, pivoted at 8 upon the exterior of the casing and having its lower end projecting through an aperture therein and connected to the lever by a pivoted link 9, forminga toggle connection between the handle Yand the end of the lever 5, whereby ,as the upper end of the operatinghandle'i'is depressed the link is revolved upon its pivots, causing the forward end of the leber 5 to be moved relatively to the printingwheels, carrying with it the platen 3. The engaging surface of the latter is preferably composed of elastic material 10, which as the platen is moved into engagement with the printing-wheels will allow the type characters to emboss the instrument by stretching the fibers of thepaper. a

Arranged inthe upper part of the casing 1 is a shaft or arbor 15, having mounted .thereon a printing-wheel 16, secured by a set-screw 17, having secured upon. its periphery a stereotype-sheet provided with the printing characters, and also arranged on said arbor is a similar wheel 18, the hub of which is extended, as shown at 19, forming a journal- 'duced outer threaded end 20, upon which is mounted a disk or plate 21-, having the otter flange or rim 22. This latter. constitutes a dial and is provided upon its surface with characters 23, arranged relatively and corre- 5 spending to thoseon the wheel 18, said characters on the rim 22 being adapted to cooperate or register with a 'suitable stationary index 24 upon the exterior of the casing,'whereby the operator may readily determine when a desired character on said wheel is in printing position. in order to permit the adjustment of the first-mentioned printingwheel 16 and also to determine when the characters thereon are in operative position, I provide a suitable dial 25, hearing indieatingcharacters 7 moved outwardly slightly to disengage "the Nine hundred, &c., followc'd either by the corresponding to the characters on the wheel characters are provided, and in my present 16, which are also adapted to cooperate with structure 1 have shown separate inking-rollthe index 24:, and this dial 1 connect to the l ers 135 135' for each of tlie printing-wheels shaft or arbor 15, and forconvenience in ma 16 and 18. which are journaled on the shaft 'nipulation it is provided with a suitable oper 136. These rollers are comparatively small at-ing-handle 26. However. as it is :desirable in diameter, so that they normally lie between that the two printing-wheels be capable of the rows of printing characters and serve to simultaneousrotation, as well as an independi center the printing-wheels. although allowing cut adjustment, 1 provide the end of the shaft ,m to rotate independently, and to allow the or arbor 15 with a recess in which is mounted l rollers to yield the ends of the shaft 136 are a longitudinally-movable operating member orshaft 27, to which the dial 25 is attached. Also mounted on said member is an arm :28, carrying an inwardly-projecting pin 39, extending through an aperture in a similar arm 30, rigidly attached to the shaft or arbor j 15 by means ofa pin 35 passing transversely through the arbor and also through the member 27, the latter being provided with an l tending guides or cap-pieces 38 on the casing l l l l elongated aperture 36, which permits the readily understood.- The operator desiring and actuated toward the printing-wheels by springs 39.

The casing or support 1 is mounted upon a suitable base 11, and the latter is provided with a removable closure 12, whereby access may be had to the interior of the casing.

member 27 and the arm 28 thereon to be fraudulent changes in the amount written in the body thereof rotates the wheels until the desired combination is in the printing position. For convenience in description the arbitrary amount of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars is selected. To adjust the print-. ing-wheels, the operator grasping the handle inner end of the pin 29 from one of a series of apertures #10, arranged in the disk 21, as

shown in Fig. i. The arm 30 affordsa means a of connection between the movable shaft 27 l and the shaft orarbor 15, carrying the printing-wheel 16, and as the pin 2.) is located a considerable distance from the center of ro- 1 2e revolves them simultaneously until the intationtheparts can be made to operate. freely dex-iigures 101) on the flange or rim 22 regisand without the lost motion between them ters with the stationary index 261. on the easthat would occur were the shaft 15 and the. ing, thus indicating that the corresponding member 27 secured together by a spline or i printing characters and the words of limitafeatl'ier-key, as will be understood. lnasl tion reading Not over one hundred on the much as the outer dial 25 is not arranged wheeliSarein printing position. proximate to the index 21, the operator will be more naturally inclined to register the indicia thereon with the character on the rim 22 standing opposite the stationary index,

and therefore while it is desirable that the parts operate freely it is also essential that there be no lost motion between the dial and thewheel 16. Further, this arrangement insures the accurate alinement of the selected characters on the two wheels.

While any suitable characters may be applied to the faces ofthe printing-wheels, a preferable arrangement is one in which the type or printing characters are arranged in rows upon suitable stereotype-plates, as before mentioned, and in my present device I provide one of such plates. preferablythe one mounted upon the wheel 18, with suitable words indicating a limiting amount and also words indicating such amount or portion thereof-as, for instance, Notover lifteen, &c., as shown in'Fig. Q -and upon the adjacent printing-wheel I employ similar lines of type characters, which may consist of the words or with the characters on the other wheel, so figures intended to be read in connection with that the number of amounts that may be inthose upon the other whecl- 'such as the words dicatcd are greatly increased. While I have One, Two,- &c.', or Eight hundred, shown but two printing-wheels, it will be understood that a greater number of such wheels might be employed and other arrangements of printing characters employed for the same This wheel is centered and held stationary by its inkingroller 135, and the operator moving the handle 26 laterally, may revolve the printingwheel 16 independently until the index-figures on the dial 525 indicating Thirty thousand shall also register with the index 24. If a check or draft be now inserted in the slit 2 and the handle 7 operated, it will be moved forcibly into engagement with the printingwheels and embossed. in this instance, with the wordsreading Not over one hundred thirty thousand dollars. I

The outward movement of the handle 26, it will be understood, withdraws the end of the pin 29 from engagement with the disk-21, and if the handle be now returned to its normal position the pin will engage one of the apertures 40 and lock the parts together, when the two wheels may be revolved either to cause the type to be inked from the rollers 135 135' or for other purposes. By this arrangement it will be seen that any of the printing characters on one wheel may be combined word Dollars? or by the usual. dollar-sign. Suitable devices for inking the printing carried in blocks 37, operatingin radially-ex- The operation of the device will now be to print or emboss an instrument to prevent object or for other purposes, and I therefore do not confine my invention to the device illustrated.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, a plurality of wheels arranged therein and'provided with printingcharacters, of a dial for each wheel having indicia corresponding to the characters on their respective wheels, a stationary indexcooperating with the dials, means for operating one of the wheels, connections between said wheel and the other wheel whereby the latter may be adjusted by the operation of the former, and a platen coi'iperating with the wheels.

In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, a plurality of wheels arranged therein and provided with printingcharacters, of a dial for each wheel having indicia corresponding to the printing characters on their respective wheels, an index cooperating with, the dials, a single device for setting each of ,the wheels and ,detachably securing them together, and a platen cot'ipcrating with the wheels.

3. In a printingapparatus, the combination l with a casing, a plurality of wheels arranged therein provided with printing characters, of

a single operating device. for independently revolving the separate wheels and securing them together, and a platen cooperating with the wheels.

4t. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, a plurality of wheels supported therein provided with printing characters, an operating device connected to one of the wheels and means for detachably connecting the device with the other wheel, of dials for the separate wheels rotated by the operating de-- vice, an index cooperating with the dials and a platen cooperating with the wheels.

Ina printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, a plurality of wheels supported therein provided with projecting printing characters and inking-rollers engaging be tween adjacent characters on each wheel to center them, of an operating device connected to one wheel and detachably connected to the other whereby one .wheel maybe operated indepcmlcntly of the other or both wheels op;

the wheels.

6. Ina printingapparatus, the combination with a casing, having an arbor journaled therein, a plurality of wheels supported on the arbor and provided with printing characters and dials carried on the arbor and connected to each of the wheels having indicia correprovided with printing characters, of an operating device movable longitudinally of the arbor, means for connecting the device with the wheels to revolve them independently or collectively and a platen adapted to cooperate with the wheels.

8. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a'casing having an arbor journaled therein, a wheel secured to thearbor having printing characters thereon and a similar wheel revolubly mounted on the arbor, of an operating device normally connecting the wheels and movable longitudinally of the arbor to disengage it from one of them.

9. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing having an arbor journaled therein, a wheel attached to the arbor having printing characters thereon and a similar wheel rcvolubly mounted on the arbor. ot' centering devices for the separate wheels, an operating device connected to the arbor to revolve the wheel thereon and movable longitudinally on the arborto disengage it from the other wheel.

10. In a printing apparatus, the combination with asupport. an arbor journaled therein and a printing-wheel secured thereto, of a second printing-wheel journa-led on the arbor, an operating member movable longitudinally of the arbor, connections between the member and arbor located exterior] y of the latter and means for engaging said member with the second wheel.

11. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a support,an arbor journaled therein, and a printing-wheel secured thereto, a second printing-wheel journaled on the arbor and a dial secured to the latter wheel, of an operating member movable into and out of engagement with the dial and connections between the member and arbor to cause their simultaneous rotation.

12. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a support, an arbor journaled therein and a printing-wheel secured to the arbor, of

an operating membermovable longitudinally I a dial and an arm on the movable member enerated together, and a platen cooperating witli ter it of an operating member and means for engaging it with the wheels whereby one wheel may be operated independently of the other or the wheels operated collectively.

14. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a support, an arbor journaled therein and a wheel secured to the arbor and provided with projecting type characters,a second wheel having simila'r'type characters and aseparate inking-roller. engaging each wheel to center it, of an operating member attached to one of the wheels and movable into and out of engagement with the other wheel wherebyvone wheel may be adjusted independently of the other, or both Wheels rotated together.

In a'pr-inting apparatus,- the combination with a support, an arbor journaled therein and a wheel secured to the arborand provided with printing characters, a second printingwheel loosely journal ed'on the arbor and a dial attached to the second wheel having indicia corresponding to, the type characters on said wheel, of an operating member movable longitudinally of the arbor, a dial on said member provided with indicia corresponding;

to the type characters on the first wheel, connections between the member and arbor and devices engaging the member with the second wheel operated by the longitudinal movement of said member.

16. The combination with a casing, an arbor journaled therein and a printing-wheel mounted thereon, a second printingnvheel journaled on the arbor having a dial connected thereto and provided with apertures, of an arm attached to the arbor, avmember movable longitudinally on the arbor and an arm' thereon provided with a pin guided in the firstmentioned arm and having the end cooperating with the apertures in the dial and means for limiting the movement of the member on the arbor.

17. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, an arbor therein and a printing-wheel secured to the arbor, of a second printing-wheel journaled on the arbor,

' means for rotating one of said wheels independently of the other, a movable platen cooperating with the wheels, and means for connecting the wheels whereby they may be rotated together.

18. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, an arbor journaled therein and a printing-wheelsecured to the arbor, of a second printing-wheel journaled on the arbor, an operating device for rotating one of the wheels independently of the other, a mov-- able platen cooperating with the wheels and means for connecting the wheels for simultaneous rotation.

.19. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, an arbor journaled therein and aprinting-wheel secured thereto, of a second printing-wheel journaled on the arbor. an operating device attached to the arbor for rotating the first-mentioned wheel and means for rotating the second wheel, detachable con- .nections between the two wheels and a movable platen cooperating with the latter.

D 20. in a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, an arbor journal ed there;

in and a printing wheel secured thereto, of a second printing-wheel journaled on the arbor, means for rotating the latter, means movable longitudinally of the shaft and detachably connecting said Wheels and a movable platen cooperating with the latter.

21. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, a plurality of" printingwheels yournaled therein having printing characters thereon, and inking devices coop.

crating with the wheels, of means for rotating the wheels independently to permit a particular character on one wheel to be adjuste d into alinement with a particular character on the other, means for connecting said wheels whereby they may be rotated into engagement with the inking devices and a movable platen cooperating with the wheels.

22. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a casing, a plurality of printingwheels journaled therein having projecting type characters and separate inking-rollers cooperating therewith to center the wheels, of means for revolving the latter independently to permit particular characters on the wheels to be arranged in alinement, means for connectingthe wheels whereby they may be rotated simultaneously and a movable platen cooperating with the wheels.

23. In a printing apparatus, the combination with a printing-wheel having amount-indicating characters prefixed-by characters indicating a limitation, a corresponding printing-wheel having amount-indicating characters sufiixed by characters indicating a termination of the amount, said amount-indicating characters on the two wheels cooperating with each other, of inking devices for the wheels, means for rotating them, connections between the wheels detachably engaging one with the other whereby they may be rotated simultaneously, and a movable platen cooperating with the latter.

24:. In a printing apparatus, the combina* tion witha printing-wheel having amount-indicating characters prefixed by characters indicating a limitation, a corresponding printing-wheel having amount-indicating characters adapted to cooperate with the corresponding characters of the other wheel and sufiixed by characters, indicating a termination of the amount indicated by the characters of both wheels, of ink-applying devices, means foradjusting the wheels independently, a locking device for detachably securing the wheels together whereby they may be rotated simultaneously, and a movable platen cooperating with the wheels.

LIBANUS M. 'ronn.

Witnesses:

G. WILLARD limit, ELIZABETH U. Srgnmu. 

